Improved distilling-apparatus



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@limited 'atet I @anni @imita CHARLES LoUIs FLEISCHMANN, YOFWASHINGTOMDISTRICT 0F COLUMBIA.

Lema maar No. 89,749, ma May 4, 1869.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making prt of thename.

Beit known that I, CHARLES Louis FLEISCHMANN, -of the city`ofWashington, in the District-of Columbia, have invented a newaud-improved Apparatus for Distilliug; andI do hereby declare that thefollowing isa i full and exact description thereof, reference being had`to the accompanying drawings, and to the 'letters of reference markedthereon, of which- M feimcnted saccharine liquid in very thin strata,and

ykeeping it in agitation whilst it is exposed tothe iu- Iiuence of aproper and uniform degree of heat, whereby the evaporation of thealcohol is accelerated, and the admixture of other volatiles having ahigher degree of boiling-point, greatly diminished.

To enable others `skilled in the `art to make and useV vmy invention, Iwill proceed to describe its yconstruction and operation. A

The apparatusfconsists offa conical vessel, A, of

`.uietal or wood, linedl with thin sheets of suitable metal.

The smaller diameter ofy vessel A is provided with a bottom, B, and theupper and larger opening is 1 closed tight by means of a cover, G.

The interior surface D of the vessel A mayf be even, corrugated, orlined with other suitable material.

The \cover C has in its centre a vstuffing-box, a,

`through which passesthe shaft E.

This shaft rests in a socket, F, fastened to the bot-A tom B. Above thecover the shaft E is provided with a pulley, Gr, over which passes aband which is connected with a motor.

Within` the vessel A, the shaft has two or more wings, H H. Upon the topofthe wings, and clos'e under the cover, rests a disk, I, which vhas inits centre a large opening, K, to allow the alcoholic vapor to passthrough. l 1

The pipe L, which passes through the cover, serves to introduce anddistribute the liquid to" be distilled on the top of the disk I. d Y 1The pipe L connects with the vat which contains the liquid, and warmedtherein, shown in dotted'lines A marked X.

The pipe M, inl the cover C', 'carries the alcoholic vapor to thecondenser marked Y, shown in dotted lines.

The pipe N, which lenters the vessel A above the bottom B, serves fortheintroduction of the steam.

The V-shaped pipe or tube O, carries the liquid which collects at thebottom of the vessel A, into the"4 vat Z, shown in dotted lines.

The ream P', placed below the disk I, catches the rebounding liquid, andcarries it to the side of vesselrA.

Operation. v .y

'Ihepfermented liquid is'drawn oli' as Aclear ias possible into the vatX, whereit it heated. When it 'has reached the proper temperature, viz,a few degrees below the boiling-point of alcohol, it isintroduced in theimproved apparatus and distilled.

The shaft E, with the disk and wings, is set in motion by means of thepulley G, and the liquid cou-i tained in vat X is let in through pipe L,upon the revolving disk I, which throws the liquid by the centrifugalforce ou the side D, of the vessel A. The rebounding liquid or spray islcaught by-the ream I?, and carried back to the side of the `vessel A,from wherev it runs gradually down, spreading'over the whole inside ofthe vessel Ain a uniform thin stratum, and is kept in continual motion.f

The wings H H agitate the steam, and drive it against the side of thevessel A.

The thin lm of liquid covering the side of the vessel, is not onlyfavorably exposed to the direct influence "of the heating-medium, butthe evaporation of the alcohol is also greatly facilitated.

For heating the liquid, I employ steam, which Iin` A troduce eitherdirectly into thevessel A, or by means y of a steam-jacket on theoutside of said vessel A.

The alcoholic vapors obtained from `the liquid, rise to the top of thevessel A, and are carried through the pipe M into the. condenser, shownin dotted lines, producing thus a fine alcoholic liquor, of a uniformqual-x I ity and character, free from the objectionable proper tiesofsuch liquors, obtained by means'of the com- .rnon distilling-apparatusgenerally in use;

rilhe liquid which collects at the bottom of vessel A, I

is carried o' through the V-shaped tube `O, in the vat Z, where it iscollected for redistillatiou in the usual manner with the apparatusgenerally in use.

This apparatus serves also for redistilling whiskey and other alcoholicliquors.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,1s-

The method of distributing the liquid on the side of 5 the vessel bymeausof a revolving disk, I, the Wings H H, for. accelerating theevaporation, the ream I), as well as the general arrangement of thepipes, as herein described.

' GH. L. FLEISCHMANN. Witnesses:

vW. BUBCHARD, VG'r. SIEBBEB. l

